flybynoun [ C ]
uk/ˈflaɪ.baɪ/us/ˈflaɪ.baɪ/plural flybysa flight, especially in a spacecraft, past a particular point in space:
The pictures were taken during the spacecraft's 25-minute flyby of the asteroid.
US UK flypast an occasion when a group of aircraft flies in a special pattern as a part of a ceremony
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Space travel
- astronaut
- astronautics
- autopilot
- blast
- command module
- cosmonaut
- earthbound
- heat shield
- launch pad
- moon buggy
- NASA
- nose cone
- retrorocket
- rocket
- rocket science
- rocket ship
- spaceman
- touchdown
- tracking station
- UFO
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